Shelley Brundage, a professor in the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Department at the George Washington University, was recently awarded a Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools (NAGS) master’s teaching award for excellence. NAGS is one of four regional affiliates of the Council of Graduate Schools, and its members include graduate institutions in the northeastern U.S. and Canada. Brundage was recognized at the NAGS Annual Meeting earlier this month in Baltimore.
“I am very honored to receive this regional teaching award,” Brundage said. “It feels great to be recognized for my teaching, something that I care deeply about and spend a lot of time working to improve.”
Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs Suresh Subramaniam nominated Brundage for the award. It was just the second year GW has participated in the NAGS regional competitions.
"Dr. Brundage is a renowned educator and mentor who has been recognized with numerous awards at GW,” he said. “She has had a life-altering impact on multiple students, and this fact was singled out for special mention by the awards selection committee.
"This is the second year in a row that GW faculty have won this teaching award, in addition to the Doctoral-level Teaching Award last year,” Subramaniam added. “Winning these awards in a field of 70-plus institutions speaks to the outstanding standards of teaching at GW."
According to her GW bio, Brundage’s research expertise is in the areas of stuttering and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Her research in virtual reality evaluates the use of virtual technologies to improve treatment outcomes in stuttering and to provide authentic learning environments for student learning.
She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses and finds it especially rewarding to help students succeed.
“Helping them develop growth mindsets and watching as they take charge of their own success is really gratifying,” Brundage said. “I enjoy talking to students and alumni, learning about their accomplishments in school, work and life.”
